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[Crusher]

The second replay makes you feel like you're base jumping - without a parachute!

 

[trailblazergolf]

WOW

[Sliceapottomus]

good example why the game ball physics need to be looked at further. to make that shot you have to hit a pw or less lol

[Buck]

good example why the game ball physics need to be looked at further...

 

Yep..

[Crusher]

WOW

 

Being over a mile above sea level makes it a very different experience. In most cases you have to decrease your shot distance by 35%. This one just happened to be in an OGT tournament this month.

 

On the second replay I still get butterflies in my guts as it falls out of the sky. 

[jmk59]

good example why the game ball physics need to be looked at further. to make that shot you have to hit a pw or less lol

Very good, Slice.   PW would carry 276 yds (Titleist ProV1) or 312 yds (Topflight XL-Str), with no wind at 1650 m and 15^OC.  Hang time is over 15 seconds.

[Crusher]

good example why the game ball physics need to be looked at further. to make that shot you have to hit a pw or less lol

 

All I did was swing easy.  I don't do any calculations, it's all intuition.

 

The point of the post is the fun visuals, not an analyses.

[jmk59]

It is a fun visual for sure.  Almost like the view you would have if you were a cliff diver.

I enjoy picking the physics apart, so that was my motivation for adding the numbers.  Still a cool video.

 

The interesting thing is that the high altitude (low air density) doesn't play much of a part in the carry.  Set it to sea level, and the ball only looses about 4 yards carry (PW).  It's a pure free-fall, or terminal velocity phenomena.

[Ian]

My hole 16 on 5 Sisters is a par 5, with no shot like yours, has there be a redesign?

[Crusher]

My hole 16 on 5 Sisters is a par 5, with no shot like yours, has there be a redesign?

 

My version is the same everyone else played: fivesisters  at both sites.  Did you look at the upper left of the screen after the animation hits the ball?  It shows hole #16.

[Kablammo11]

My hole 16 on 5 Sisters is a par 5, with no shot like yours, has there be a redesign?

 

 

It's not a redesign - this is from the challenge tees. At Five Sisters, some of these are set in wild, wild places. Not all challenge tees are like that, but some are. The par on 16 is set to 4 for this particular challenge tee.

 

Five Sisters is a bit of a goofy course in many regards, and does not take itself too seriously. What with all the tame'n'lame real courses around, check out the Sisters for some more adventurous experiences. Bring crampons with you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Crusher]

It's not a redesign - this is from the challenge tees. At Five Sisters, some of these are set in wild, wild places. Not all challenge tees are like that, but some are. The par on 16 is set to 4 for this particular challenge tee.

 

Five Sisters is a bit of a goofy course in many regards, and does not take itself too seriously. What with all the tame'n'lame real courses around, check out the Sisters for some more adventurous experiences. Bring crampons with you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good that you mentioned it was a tournament setting for Skills Challenge.  Indeed, as KB said, the tees are moved to shorter and/or tougher locations.